Did you speak to me, Grandma?” Little Barbara had been watching beside Grandma’s bed, as she lay half asleep. The dear old lady had just been telling Barbara a story about Jesus, and then had closed her eyes to rest a while. While she rested, Barbara thought she heard her speak again.
“No, dear, I wasn’t speaking to you —I was just speaking to Jesus.”
The dear suffering face lighted up with a happy smile in memory of the many happy hours in which she had “talked with Jesus,” and at hand when she would be with Jesus and would hear His own voice.
Perhaps you, dear little reader, have often talked about the King, or about the President, but have you ever talked to either of them? I don’t suppose you have! It is a different thing to talk about a person and to talk to a person. Just so, many boys and girls talk about Jesus, but how many talk to Him? How can you talk to Him?
Just get down on your knees and He will hear you He wants you, first of all, to tell Him all your need as a sinner, and you may be sure that He is ready and able to forgive you, once for all. But if you already are forgiven, and know Jesus as your Saviour, then He wants you to talk with Him often and tell Him all your troubles, and to thank Him again and again for His love to you. Have you ever talked to Jesus? Have you ever thanked Him for dying on the cross to wash your sins away?
ML 07/23/1950